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CANE- MILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,472, dated December18, 1883.

Application filed September 4, 1883. (X model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM S. REEDER, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inCane-Mills, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevationof my improved cane-mill, part in section. Fig. 2is a section of thejournal-boxes of one of the lower rollers,

taken on line 2 2, Fig. 5. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3, Fig.5. Fig. 4 is a section view taken on line 3 4, Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a rearView. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the mill, one of the boxes of thelower rollers being shown in section. Fig. 7 is a detail verticalsection taken on line 7 7, Fig. 6. Fig. Sis a detail transverse sectionof a portion of the mill, showing part of the upper roller and both ofthe lower rollers, and illustrating the scraper, which bears against oris in close proximity to the lower roller on the feed side of themachine, and which acts to keep the roller clean and to prevent the canebeing car ried downward too far, which would prevent it being caughtbetween the other lower roller and the upper roller. This scraper isadjust able to and from the roller, as more fully described hereinafter.

My invention consists in certain features 0 novelty, pointed out in theclaims. U

The frame of the mill consists of three parts, A, A, and A, A A beingend pieces, which are duplicates, and A being a top piece, which restsupon the end pieces, tying them together, being secured thereto by boltsA. The end pieces are also secured together by tie-rods A, and betweenthe end pieces is placed a front piece, A a back strip, A, and a bottompiece, A", which serve to keep the ends from collapsing when drawntoward each other by the tie-rods. The front piece, A

is provided with an opening, A through which the cane is inserted, andthe bottom' piece, A with a trough or depression, A", for carrying offthe juices.

I have shown three rollers arranged in triangular form, 13 representingthe upper roller, and B B the lower rollers, all of which are supportedby means of suitable gudgeons, having journal-bearings in boxes securedin the end pieces of the frame or housing of the mill. The lower rollerB is on the feed side of the mill. Their journal-boxes, which are alike,are of peculiar form, and are adapted to be removed and replaced withdispatch and case. It will be understood that these rollers only pressdownward and outward, so they do not require any journal-bearings in theother direction or on the upper sides of them.

0 represents these journal-boxes, which are provided with feathers orprojections G on each side of them, at or near their inner ends, (seeFigs. 2, 4, and 5,) which fit, when the boxes are in place, in groovesor recesses A in the end pieces of the frame, thus holding the boxesfrom horizontal outward movement. D represents follower-blocks, whichhold the journal-boxes up tight against the godgeons of the rollers; or,in other words, they support the boxes, being held in place by bolts D,passing through projections A of the end pieces, A A.

In Fig. 3 one of the journal-boxes is shown as placed in position to beraised to its working position, and in Figs. 4 and 5 it is shown raised,the feathers being engaged in the recesses, so that the box is held fromthe slightest horizontal movement. Openings A in the end pieces of theframe, which allow the boxes tobe placed vertically beneath theirworkingposition before being raised, are closed by the follower-blocks Dwhen the blocks are in working position. (See Fig. 4.) It will thus beseen that the journal-boxes can be easily and quickly removed andreplaced.

I represents a scraper that bears against or is in close proximity tothe roller 13 for the purpose stated. It extends entirely across themachine and is supported by arms of beams I, in which its opposite endsfit. (See Figs. 6 and 7.) The arms are pivoted to the end pieces of theframe by bolts 1, and through their lower ends pass set-screws F, havingbearing in lugs A, secured to the end pieces of the frame.

Between the heads of the set-screws and the arms are elastic cushions1*,which allow the scraper to yield when necessary and be forced backfrom the roller without changing the set-screws. By adjusting theset-screws the scraper may be made to bear with more or less pressureagainst the roller 13.

J represents the master-wheel, resting upon the top piece A and beingheld thereon by a post, A, on the top piece passing up through a socketin the wheel. (See Fig. 1.) The master-wheel has ordinarygear-connection with the rollers.

By referring to Fig. 6 it will be seen that the top piece, Aformsthe'upper half of the journal-boxes of the upper roller.

I claim as my invention 1. In a cane-mill, the combination of two endpieces, lower rollers having bearings therein, upper roller havingbearing thereon, a top piece forming the upper halves of the upperroller-bearings, means to secure the top piece to the end pieces, andmeans to tie the end pieces together, as set forth.

2. In a cane-mill, the combination of two end pieces, lower rollersmounted therein,upper roller mounted thereon, top piece to secure thegudgeons of the upper roller and the end pieces together and having avertical post, master gear-wheel to turn on the post, and gear-wheelsconnecting the roller with the master-wheel, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the lower rollers having gudgeons, of the endpieces havingrecesses, journal-boxes having feathers to fit the recessesand removable by lowering them from the gudgeons, and plates to fitbeneath the boxes to hold them against the gudgeons, as set forth. I

4. The combination, with the lower rollers, of the end pieces in whichthe rollers are journaled,arms pivoted to the end pieces,a scrapersecured to the arms between the rollers, lugs on the end pieces,set-screws working in the lugs through the lower ends of the arms, andsprings between the heads of the set-screws and arms to form cushions,as set forth.

WVILLIAM S. REEDER.

In presence of Gno. H. KNIGHT, EDW. E. ISRAEL.

